Oiler for journal-boxes



(No Model.)

W. H. PAGKER. 011.31% PORJ-OURNAL BOXES.

Patented Sept 2,1884.

WITNESSES I UNTTED STATES PATENT @Tricn.

WILLIAM H. PAOKER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

OILER FOR JOURNAL-BOXES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,548, dated September 2, 1884.

Application filed April 2;), 1884.

:9 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, \VI'LLIAM H. PAOKER, of Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Oilers for Journal- Boxes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to. an automatic oiling apparatus for journal-boxes, the object being to provide an oil-receiver to catch the oil that drips from the journal-box, and a revolving disk or equivalent device mounted on the shaitinside of the said oil-receiver, to

elevate the oil above the shaft, and provided with a slottedspout or equivalent device arranged to scrape the oil from the disk and return it to the journal-box.

\Vith these objects in view my invention consists in certain features of construction and in combination of parts. hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of the ribs and rim of the disk and the rim of the oil-receiver. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the oil-receiver. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the journal-box, oilreceiver, disk, and spout, taken longitudinally with the shaft, that is shown in elevation. Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of the device.

A represents the oil-receiver, that may be made in halves, so that it may conveniently be placed in position around the shaft, and is prefcrably'secured to the journal-box B by the same bolt, 1). A branch or trough, A, extends under the opposite end of the boX, so that all of the oil that drips from the box will be discharged into the part A.

O is a disk, made preferably in two parts, that when bolted together clamps the shaft, so that the disk revolves with the shaft. The disk has an overhanging or laterally-projecting rim, 0.

D is an inclined spout, supported from the upper side of the part A by the plate or diaphragm d, and slotted so as to embrace the rim 0. The shaft is of some width on the (N0 model.)

the spout D. The lower end of the spout discharges the oil, so that it enters the oilcup I), and from thence is supplied in the usual manner to the inside of the journalboX. The rim of the part A catches any oil that may be thrown from the disk by centrifugal force, so that no oil is lost.

It is well known that under favorable conditions, if a journal-box be plentifully supplied with oil, the shaft will revolve on the oil without contact with the box, and the friction in such a case is nearly nominal. With my improved device the supply of oil carried up by the disk and discharged into the spout is abundantand continuous, and when once the receiver Ais well supplied with oil the journal-box will require no fur: ther care for many months. v

Many devices are in use for returning oil to the journal-box, either by capillary attrac tion' or by the suction of the shaft, by the aid of wicks and other means; but such devices are liable to be cloggedby the sediment or gummy substances in the oil, and frequently the journal-boxes are injured before it is suspected that they are not in perfect working order. My improved device is not subject to such mishap, and it may be seen at a glance if the supply of oil needs replenishing.

I do not limit myself to a disk, as arms would produce the same result and be evidently within the spirit of my invention.

WVhat I claim is In an automatic oil-ing device for ajournal-box, a casing encircling the shaft, the lower portion of which serves as an oil-c011- taincr, and provided with a laterally-projecting part adapted to catch the oil discharged from the journal-box and convey it to the container, and a disk secured to. and revolving with the shaft of the journal-box, and part serving as a container, substantially as IO adapted to elevate the oil from the container set forth.

to a plane above the journal-box, and pro- In testimony whereof I sign this specificavided with a laterally-projecting rim and a tion, in the presence of two Witnesses, this slotted spout or equivalent device, arranged 21st day of April, 1884.

to remove the oil from the rim of the disk and WVILLTAM H. PAOKER. convey it to the jeurnal-box, and the parts XVitnesses: so arranged that the casing will catch the oil ALBERT E. LYNCH,

thrown from the disk and return it to the I CHAS. H. DORER. 

